The Lone Survivor director spoke to Slash Film: “I think she’s an extraordinary young woman and it really is kind of a pretty comprehensive profile of what goes in to making her this talent that she is. The work ethic, the talent, luck, the hustle, the vision. She’s a really, really interesting woman and the movie will be out in about a month and half, two months we’ll be able to start showing it.”

Berg gave Rihanna her first major acting role in his 2012 action film Battleship. She has since appeared in Oceans Eight and Valerian.